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Articles 6921 through 7020 of 16899:
- Communists Are In For A Shock In West Bengal' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
`In Assam, no government can be formed without our support ,
- Rs. 50 Lakh More For Each Assembly Segment In A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
State Cabinet decides to set up a new district development fund
Minister denies move is motivated by panchayat polls
600 posts of resident doctor created
- The Moment Of Truth Approaches (Deccan Herald, Pascal Lamy, Apr 18, 2006)
If the Doha Round fails, the biggest blow would be dealt to the developing world
- Eelam Issue Takes The Backstage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Compulsions of alliance politics have acted as a check on parties and leaders backing the cause of the Sri Lankan Tamils, says V. Jayanth
- Crpf To Be Deployed For Budhni By-Poll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
The Election Commission has agreed to deploy CRPF personnel and video coverage of the polling booths during the Assembly by-election in Budhni constituency from where Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is seeking entry into the . . .
- Sound Of Bugle On Home Turf (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Prayer, paperwork, prayer again, and two kilometres separated by faith.
- Muddying The Waters, Soz Passes The Narmada Dam Buck To Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Deadlock Gujarat Cong, BJP MPs urge PM to let work go on, he says no decision taken to suspend construction; Modi begins fast, says Delhi, NBA ‘hand-in-glove’
- King Feels The Heat, Meets India, Us Envoys (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Apr 17, 2006)
As the capital and urban areas of the Himalayan kingdom reel with shortage of essential commodities in the wake of the a crippling strike that has further fuelled anti-monarchy sentiments, King Gyanendra has indicated he is worried about the general . . .
- Disappointed Minister To Fight As Independent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Move follows allotment of Oussudu seat here to the DMK
Says he has nurtured the constituency with care
Claims it is a plot by some party functionaries
To quit as Minister, MLA in a couple of days
- Manmohan Studying Soz Report On Dam Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Centre says it will await outcome of Monday's hearing in Court
BJP, Gujarat Congress teams meet Prime Minister
Medha Patkar's fast enters 19th day
Narendra Modi begins hunger strike
- People's Needs Over Party Politics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2006)
Once again, the politics of expediency has taken precedence over the needs of people.
- Poll Manifestos Tread Similar Grounds On Education . . . (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Apr 17, 2006)
All parties offer free compulsory education for children under 18
25 per cent reservation for rural students in professional courses also promised
Free computer education, increasing budgetary allocation offered
BJP promises privileges to . . .
- Kpsc Selects 153 Officials In Eight Months (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Apr 17, 2006)
It is a record of sorts going by the commission's standards
KPSC's main examination was held from July 23 to August 3, 2005
Interviews were conducted from March 20 to April 15
Temporary selection list to be notified on Monday
- Umbrella That Kept Out The Red Storm (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Apr 17, 2006)
In the death of Abu Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Chowdhury the West Bengal Congress has lost a leader who had always played his own brand of politics.
- India’S Left, Congress In State Poll Standoff (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Millions of people will vote in India’s West Bengal on Monday as part of elections in five states whose results could further strain ties between India’s left and the national ruling coalition it backs.
- Narmada: No Plan To Stop Work, Says Pm (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
An all-party delegation from Gujarat, including parliamentarians from the Congress and the BJP on Sunday met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, urging him to allow continuance of construction work on the Narmada Dam, following which the PMO . . .
- Is Azad Cm Of Kashmir Alone? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 17, 2006)
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has virtually rejected the 23-year old Wazir Commission Report (WCR) and asserted that Kashmir, like the Jammu province, too needed more districts "either through an executive order" or on the basis . . .
- The Power Of Public Opinion (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Apr 17, 2006)
The polling in Assam is over and the results will be announced in a month. Expectedly, before the 'numbers' are made public, 'alliances' will be struck and power sharing agreements signed between parties that contested the election.
- Dangerous Concept Of Nation-State (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Apr 17, 2006)
Serb communist-nationalist and President of the post-1991 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Patriarch's Passing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 17, 2006)
In the passing of Abu Ataul Barkat Ghani Khan Choudhury, India and West Bengal have lost yet another of the vanishing breed of patriarchal politicians with large personal followings held together by strong ties of loyalty, and who, in many ways,
- Apartheid In Reverse (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 17, 2006)
Statistics often pitilessly expose the truth that politicians craftily seek to hide behind rhetoric.
- Cong Makes Mp Scapegoat In Narmada Politics (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Apr 17, 2006)
Dam on Narmada is not only caught in the crossfire between anti and pro-dam activist, but also in politics of riparian States.
- Height Of Injustice, Gujarat Mps Tell Manmohan (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Apr 17, 2006)
The UPA Government is speaking with a forked tongue on the politically volatile issue relating to the construction work on the Sardar Sarovar Project on river Narmada.
- With An Eye On Personal Glory (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 17, 2006)
Arjun Singh wants to introduce reservation for OBCs for reclaiming his lost aura in the Congress and Government, says . . .
- How Blows The Wind? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 17, 2006)
Barring the death of a school teacher in the Bodo region and minor incidents in Karbi Anglong, the two-phase polls in Upper and Lower Assam were peaceful enough.
- Left, Congress In State Poll Standoff (Reuters, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Apr 17, 2006)
Millions of people will vote in West Bengal on Monday as part of elections in five states whose results could further strain ties between the left and the national ruling coalition it backs.
- What Next, If Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Fails? (Daily Excelsior, T.P. Raghavan, Apr 17, 2006)
If we scrutinise the ongoing debate in the US Congress, the Indo-US civil nuclear deal is in danger of falling apart.
- Narmada Dam Work To Continue: Pm (Hindustan Times, Shekhar Iyer, Apr 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought to defuse the rising tension on the Narmada dam controversy, with his spokesperson saying no decision has yet been taken to stop construction work at the Sardar Sarovar dam and nothing will be done against . . .
- Dmk Fields A Poet In A Different Poll Battle (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Apr 17, 2006)
Her name figures in the DMK’s list of candidates as Rokkaiah Malick. But she does not use her husband’s name, a sign of feminist streak in her.
- I Phase Poll In Bengal Today, Campaign Low Key (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Thanks to the Election Commission’s strict enforcement of the model code of conduct, which has evoked mixed response from the contesting political parties, this Marxist bastion has not witnessed such low-key campaigning ever before.
- Pmo: Dam Work Not Suspended (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Twenty-six MPs of the BJP and Congress from Gujarat met the prime minister and urged him to allow the continuance of construction work on the Narmada dam.
- Polling Underway In West Bengal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Amidst a poll boycott call by the Maoists and massive security arrangements, the first phase of Assembly elections in 45 seats in three Maoist-affected districts - West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura - began at 7 am on Monday to decide the fate . . .
- Siege Spreads To Nepal Lifelines (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Apr 17, 2006)
King Gyanendra held talks with diplomats from India and the US amid a call for full-blown civil disobedience and speculation about the likely imposition of emergency in Nepal.
- Pact With Us To Close Weapon Door (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Apr 17, 2006)
India is about to sign a bilateral agreement with the US, which will require New Delhi to give up the option of testing a nuclear weapon forever.
- Three Protesters (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 17, 2006)
It has become easy to dismiss or trivialize public protest in India. ‘Activism’ is perceived as falling into one of three . . .
- Congress, Dmk Field Five Sitting Mlas In Karaikal District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Lack of development activities and tsunami reliefare issues
The AIADMK is contesting the three seats of Kottucherry, Neravy and Karaikal (North)
Actor Vijayakant's Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam, has fielded three candidates
- Pm Washes Hands Of Narmada Dam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Faced with protests from MPs belonging to BJP and his own Congress, rising pro-dam passions, and mounting concern over Narendra Modi’s skillful transformation of the issue of Narmada water into one of Gujarat’s pride, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- No Decision To Stop Work On Dam: Pmo (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Apr 17, 2006)
Coming together against any move by the Centre to suspend the Narmada Control Authority decision to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam, BJP and Congress MPs from Gujarat today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the project was . . .
- Modi Begins Fast; Medha Patkar’S Effigy Burnt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
After taking blessings of several religious leaders, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today began his 51-hour hunger strike in protest the Centre’s stand on the Sardar Sarovar Dam height issue.
- Sonia To File Nomination On Monday (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
When Congress president Sonia Gandhi arrives in Rae Bareli to file her nomination papers for the parliamentary by-election to the constituency, she will be accompanied by her family members, party sources said on Sunday.
- First Phase Of Polling Begins In West Bengal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Amidst a poll boycott call by the Maoists and massive security arrangements, the first phase of Assembly elections in 45 seats in three Maoist-affected districts - West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura, began at 7 AM on Monday to decide the . . .
- Modi’S Best Friend: Soz (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 17, 2006)
Let's look at the brighter side—Saifuddin Soz is not the final arbiter on the Narmada issue.
- New Jd(u)chief Hopes To Take Gowda Along (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Apr 16, 2006)
Newly elected Janata Dal (United) President Sharad Yadav has the strengthening of the party in Karnataka and Jharkhand as one of his top priorities.
- Sonia Pays Tribute To Ghani Khan (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 16, 2006)
Ms Gandhi also spent a few minutes inside the Congress office. Ghani Khan Choudhury’s body was later flown to his residence at Kotwali in Malda district where he was laid to rest amidst grieving mourners and party supporters.
- Tn Poll Scenario Fuels Unrest In Upa (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Apr 15, 2006)
The poll scenario in Tamil Nadu has begun to cause some disquiet in the Congress.
- Pre-Poll Survey Lacks Credibility: Chandy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Dismissing a recent survey predicting a sweep by the CPM-led Left Democratic Front in Kerala in the three-phase Assembly elections, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said today that the situation was quite favourable to the Congress-led combine.
- Merit-Vs-Quota (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Apr 15, 2006)
The vote bank politics of the UPA Government will split the country vertically if the Union cabinet passes a notification to introduce 27 per cent reservation for OBCs over and above the existing 22.5 per cent for SC/ST in 20 central universities,
- Peace Returns To Jama Masjid (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The Jama Masjid returned to its routine on Saturday after a day of panic sparked by twin bomb blasts that injured a dozen people but caused no damage to the mammoth 17th century structure.
- All-Party Salute To Cong’S Barkatda (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Veteran Congress leader A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury died at a private hospital today. He was 80.
- Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Major-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Apr 15, 2006)
According to the US establishment, the geostrategic benefits of the nuclear deal with India (which is likely to sail through Congress) outweigh any risks of proliferation.
- Bjp, Cong Join Hands Against Nba (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Setting aside their political differences, the BJP and the Congress have joined hands in their common fight against the Central Government’s decision to review the height of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
- Some Lives Count More Than Others In China (International Herald Tribune, JIM YARDLEY, Apr 15, 2006)
He Qingzhi's teenage daughter, Yuan, and her two friends lived on the same street near the Yangtze River, attended the same middle school and were crushed to death in the same traffic accident late last year.
- U.S.-China Ties Under Strain Ahead Of Hu-Bush Summit (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 15, 2006)
U.S. ties with China are becoming strained over security and economic issues after a relative calm, presenting a difficult challenge as President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao meet next week.
- A Winner At The End (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 15, 2006)
Why Amartya Sen should become the next president of India
- Advani Must Have Registered Protest: Uma Bharti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti on Friday attacked Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani for being silent when the Union Cabinet decided in December 1999 to send the then External Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh, to Kandahar to get passengers . . .
- Dam Busters (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 15, 2006)
The UPA Government's announcement that it will review the decision to enhance the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam - part of the Narmada river development project - is yet another instance of its habitual capitulation to a trendy, non-representati . . .
- Cynical Politics Of Quota (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Apr 15, 2006)
Union Human Resource Development Minister and inveterate intriguer Arjun Singh has added a new ingredient to his toxic cocktail of 'secular' education by pushing for a 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes in institutions of higher learning,
- Volcker Issue Returns To Haunt Congress (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Apr 15, 2006)
The Volcker controversy has returned to haunt Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress with the Enforcement Directorate unearthing fresh evidence against former External Affairs Minister K.Natwar Singh, who was named as a beneficiary . . .
- Katiyar Out, Bjp Hunt On For Rae Bareli Face-Saver (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Apr 15, 2006)
Once the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP is today having a tough time scouting for a credible candidate against Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency.
- U.S. Allies Are Behind The Death Squads (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Apr 15, 2006)
Iraq's U.S. overlords at last seem to have grasped the danger posed by their friends' militias. But it may be too late.
- Karunanidhi Promises To Fulfil All Demands Of Farmers (Hindu, A.V. Ragunathan, Apr 15, 2006)
He says Jayalalithaa violated rule by buying TANSI land
Says Jayalalithaa violated rule by buying TANSI land
Farmers subjected to hardships under AIADMK regime, he alleges
- Virus In The System (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Apr 15, 2006)
How did a ‘gentle’ film star like Rajkumar — best known for playing saints and social reformers — spawn a legion of raving fans in a state and city known for being laid back, accommodating and cosmopolitan?
- Third Grunt (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 15, 2006)
Any debate on the third front is not only ridiculous but also totally irrelevant in the current political scenario.
- Peace Returns On Bangalore Streets, Govt Under Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The state capital returned to normal today as peace was restored on the streets but the toll in the police firing yesterday went up to seven.
- Valley Again, Jama Masjid First Time (Indian Express, AMAN SHARMA, Apr 15, 2006)
Two blasts at Jama Masjid leave at least 13 injured • Srinagar: Seven blasts, one at Dal Gate, kill five, injure 40
- Globalisation’S Second Death? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 15, 2006)
Does the bee in the bonnet morph into to a full-scale political swarm?
- The Uncertain Knowledge Edge (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is following V P Singh's ‘disas- trous’ line on reservation
- Jd (S)-Bjp Govt Should Resign’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The Opposition in Karnataka on Friday demanded a judicial or CBI inquiry into the violence in the wake of matinee idol Rajkumar’s demise, that claimed eight lives, and the resignation of the new coalition government.
- Surjit S Bhalla: Education Quotas-Unfair (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The one social group that needs affirmative action (not quotas) is the Muslims; but strangely, it is politically incorrect to talk about it.
- Justice Subverted (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 15, 2006)
If the rule of law is not comprehensively ensured, all the good work sought to be done will come to nothing.
- Us Senator Hints At Civil N-Deal With Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The United States may sign a civil nuclear agreement with Pakistan in future, visiting US Senator Chuck Hagel said on Thursday.
- Praful Bidwai: Only The First Step To Change (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Apr 15, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi's resignation affirms democratic virtue and should trigger reform of the "office-for-profit" law and a radical rethink in the Congress.
- Low-Key Ambedkar Jayanti Celebrations In Hubli-Dharwad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Dalit organisations cancel processions owing to Rajkumar's death
- Quota In Pvt Sector On Govt's Post-Poll Agenda (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Apr 15, 2006)
"Everyone has gone off the tangent on this issue and I am being asked to explain what it is about," human resource development minister Arjun Singh complained on Friday.
- Deceit And Policy (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Apr 15, 2006)
These volumes shed light on the way governments deceive not only adversaries but their own people.
- Jama Masjid Rocked By Blasts, 13 Injured (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Two blasts rocked the historic Jama Masjid complex in Old Delhi on Friday evening, injuring 13 people including a 10-year-old boy.
- Gyanendra’S Time Is Up (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Apr 14, 2006)
That he has managed to get Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury, former National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra and US President George W. Bush on the same side of the debate on Nepal reveals all you need to know about King Gyanendra’s ham-handed power . . .
- The King Is Right (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 14, 2006)
The seven-party 'Opposition alliance', representing the thoroughly discredited and hugely corrupt political elite of Nepal masquerading as champions of democracy, and its ally, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), are celebrating what they . . .
- Ravi’S Rough Ride (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 14, 2006)
Vayalar Ravi, cabinet minister for overseas Indian affairs, is rarely seen in Delhi.
- Balkanising India (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Apr 14, 2006)
India has fought four wars with Pakistan and in all the four cases the country has had an upper hand.
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